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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Mueller Sports Medicine, Inc., Prairie du Sac, WI (US);
Inventors:
Brett Mueller, Middleton, WI (US);
Zhaodong Max Li, Lodi, WI (US);
Keith Kusmirek, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Mueller Sports Medicine, Inc., Prairie du Sac, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/01 (2006.01); A61F 5/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/0123 (2013.01); A61F 5/0106 (2013.01); A61F 5/0109 (2013.01); A61F 5/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A knee brace for use by athletes or others requiring protection and support of the knee. The knee brace includes a base and a spider member. The base is comprised of elastic material and configured to closely fit around portions of the knee and adjacent leg portions. A spider member having upper and lower pairs of tensioning straps is fastened to the interior surface of the base, with the tensioning straps extending through upper and lower apertures in the base for detachable attachment to the exterior surface of the base.